Pentagon targets military sex assaults

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlined new measures Wednesday targeting sexual assaults against U.S military personnel, saying he has "no higher responsibility than to protect those who are protecting America."

"Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line every day to try to keep America safe," Panetta said at a Pentagon announcement Wednesday. "We have a moral duty to keep them safe from those who would attack their dignity and their honor. That's why I've been so concerned by the problem of sexual assault in the military."

The Pentagon has been under congressional and legal pressure to fight harder against sexual assault in the ranks.

Panetta, at a Pentagon announcement Wednesday, said 3,191 sexual assaults were reported last year.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/us/military-sex-assaults/index.html

[lovuian]

1. OMG how AWFUL!

and that is only the ones reported

In 2010 for the city of LA there were for the year

923 per 100,000

The Military has a Terrible problem

[Remember Me]

2. Well it's ABOUT time

I sure do wish they'd be able to do something for all the women sexually assaulted in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and wherever else, of course.

[msongs]

3. when will it target illegal military assaults against other countries? nt

[niyad]

4. you know, one of these days when they claim this, I might actually believe them.

cannot count the number of times I have heard this, from tailhook on.

we have known about the horrendous level of assaults of female soldiers in iraq and afghanistan for years, the pentagon has sworn things were going to change, and. . . .